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| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Under a tent, three men are eating a meal prepared by cook Bob Morris, who is standing beside the table. In the foreground is a tree stump which is loaded ... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women are eating a meal under a tent. Tableware and utensils are on the tree stump in the foreground. Names from left to right: Lucy Rum... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Holt and Stroh children are eating a meal together at a table on the porch at Island Lodge. Names on the right side of the table from front to back: Alfred... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | This a portrait of the Island Lodge cook Mrs. Schauers (left) and another household employee displaying a fine culinary work of art: a shortcake topped wit... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A small group is gathered on the screened porch of the Ark cottage. Anna Holt Wheeler is standing in the doorway, looking at the camera and holding a handi... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A small group is gathered on the porch of the Ark cottage in the daytime. Looking at the camera, a young woman, possibly Rose or Agnes Wilson, is sitting i... |
| Date: | 08 10 1913 |
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| Description: | Lucy and W.A. Holt, with their family, the Trowbridge family and others, are sitting on the screened porch at Island Lodge for Sunday dinner. A tablecloth ... |
| Date: | 09 02 1913 |
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| Description: | Sitting in galvanized wash tubs with their legs in the water, three girls are ready for the race on Archibald Lake. Jeannette Holt is in the middle, flanke... |
| Date: | 09 04 1913 |
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| Description: | From left to right: Albert Rhode, Mrs. Vendt and Minnie Vendt are standing with luggage. Mrs. Vendt is carrying a Swift's Silver Leaf Brand Lard tin pail. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of five women, who are household employees, standing together in front of the original Cook’s Cabin, which burned down following a lightning... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A group of three women and a girl, household employees at Island Lodge, standing in front of Green Cottage. Built in 1901, this cottage is where the cook a... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | With her face partially shaded by a hat, Jeannette Holt is holding a cast iron frying pan sideways to shade the camera as a young man, sitting at the base ... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | A group of Holts and Garrisons are roasting corn around a smoking campfire on the Island, with Archibald Lake in the background. W.A. Holt is on the far le... |
| Date: | 05 1904 |
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| Description: | Miss McDonald, Jeannette Holt, and Alfred Holt are going fishing. Standing on the wooden sidewalk, they are holding long bamboo fishing poles over their sh... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Eleanor Holt, wearing a bow in her hair, who is standing and pouring a cup of tea for her brother, Donald... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | On a sunny day, Albert Rhode is driving the horse-drawn wagon, with Mrs. Rinka is sitting beside him. Eva is in the back of the wagon, sitting behind the f... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Jeannette Holt, family and friends are laughing and having a watermelon seed fight in front of Island Lodge. Names from left to right: Jeannette Holt, unkn... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Portrait of two women wearing aprons, possibly cooks. The woman on the left is holding a platter. The woman on the right is holding a stack of small plates... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four household employees posing in front of the door of a cabin. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Standing on the pier, Jeannette Holt is doing laundry by hand, using the washboard in an iron bucket that is sitting on the diving board. Archibald Lake an... |
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